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Palo Alto Networks CEO Mark McLaughlin said having a platform that can secure the network, the endpoint and the cloud allows end users to reduce the number of vendors they're using and the sprawl in their organizations.

Businesses looking to protect their ecosystem from sanctioned and unsanctioned cloud apps need to first gain visibility into what's there, say executives in a session at Optiv's Enterprise Solutions Summit.

During DeBell's time at ForeScout, he launched a partner program that transitioned more professional services business to the channel and embraced a regional focus to drive partner investment overseas.

'There's a little bit of a swing of the pendulum over toward endpoint, but our expectation is that, over time, it will continue to move back and forth a little bit. They're both critical components,' Kris Hagerman said on Sophos' earnings call Wednesday.

Cisco, SonicWall and Palo Alto Networks sold the most network security devices through the channel during the third quarter of 2017, according to The NPD Group. See how many units were sold and who else cracked the top five.

New VP of Worlwide Channels Victor Baez said Carbon Black does more than three-quarters of its business today in the U.S., but believes it could achieve a 60/40 ratio between U.S. and foreign sales in the years ahead.

Symantec CEO Greg Clark said one of the largest breaches in U.S. history is driving a strong uptake in the company's LifeLock identity protection services, helping spark a dramatic turnaround in the company's consumer business.